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No. 285,001. Patented Sept. 18, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQE.

NATHAN O. BOND, OF FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR TO JEROME F. JOHNSON AND FREDERICK W. PRATT, BOTH OF WVASHINGTON, D. O.

WASH-STAN D.

g SPECIFICATION forming part of'Letters Patent No. 285,001, dated September 18, 1883.

Application filed December 21, 1882. (No model.) I

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My invention consists in certain improvements in wash-stands fully described hereinafter, intended to reduce the cost of the construction, to preventinjury from the overflow of .the water, and otherwise increase the efficiency of the article.

In the drawings, Figure l is a sectional elevation of a wash-stand showing my improvement. Fig. 2 is a detached section. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 1 2, Fig. 1, and Fig. 4. is a detached view of the spring-clamp.

The frame of the stand is constructed in any suitable manner to support the slab A, which has the usual opening, a, the basin secured in a stationaryposition below said opening, a supply-tank, G, and the movable waste-water tank D. As shown in the drawings, the frame corresponds in shape to that of awriting-desk provided with a hinged lid, F, to the inner or lower face of which is secured a strip, 22, of cloth coated with water-proof material, whereby water is prevented from coming in contact with the lid and warping or splitting the latter. The pipe 6, leading from the tank 0, extends below the hinged edge of the lid, and supports the cock F, having a handle, f, arranged as shown, so that when the lid is turned down the plug of the cock will be turned so as to cut off the flow of water, thereby preventing accidents that might result from the turning onof the cock and then closing the lid, so that the flow of water might not be discovered.

To avoidthe expense andthe danger of leakage resulting from securing in the outlet-open ing of thebasin the usual metallic nipple adapted to receive the plug, I dispense with said nipple and form a hollow neck, 9, at the bottom of thebasin, to which I secure a flexible tube, H, leading to the discharge-tank D, and with this tube I combine any suitable device for clamping it, so as to prevent the flow of water through the same.

I have shown in the drawings a hinged yoke, I, drawn down by springs 2, formed by coiling 0 the wire of which the spring is made so as to flatten and close the end of the tube H, and with this I combine a lever, J, bell-crank lever' K, and cords h h, arranged as shown, so that by turning the lever J the yoke may be raised 5 5 to open the tube H or lowered to close it.

By the use of the tube H and its clamp I not only avoid the expense of sealing the nipple in the basin, but Ifurther prevent the unpleasant odors apt to result from the adhesion of deposits to the inside of the discharge-pipe, for when the tube H becomes foul it can be untied from the neck 9, detached and cleansed, and then replaced. ,2

In place of using the ordinary drip cup, I form a recess, m, in the slab A, with an open ing, a, leading from said receg, at sucha point that any drippings from the soap will fall upon the curved shield l? and be conducted to the tank D; or a metal chute, which serves the purpose of a shield, maybe arranged as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1. As the neck 9 is bent at anangle to one side, the tube H is conducted to the tank D without being bent or curved, and its contraction atany pointis thus prevented. To iurther prevent accidents liable to result from the overflow of the wastetank, I combine with the latter and with the clamp-operating device a float-governor, whereby the clamp is held from opening in case the tank is full. Thus the float N is hung by a cord, 3, to a weighted pawl, 15, pivoted to bear upon a stop, a, between which and the pawl extends the cord h. The weight of the float keeps the pawl from'contact with the cord until the float is near the top of the vessel, when the cordswill be slackened and the pawl will bear on the cord h, and any effort to draw the latter up and unlock the clamp will only serve to clamp the cord tightly and prevent it rising.

I claim 1. A wash-basin provided with adischargeorifice and neck, curved to one side, com bined with a flexible tube, H, secured detachably to the neck and leading to a waste-water 5 receptacle, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the basin, waste- In testimony whereof I have signed my tank, flexible tube, and clamp I, of a float and name to this specification in the presence of two 10 stop device, Wherebythe raising of the clamp I subscribing witnesses. is prevented when the tank is full, as set forth.

T T 5 3. The combination of the basin flexible dis- A ATHAL BOND charge-tube, and clamping device I, stop't 1a, Vitnesses: and float N, and cord 8, substantially as speei- WVILLIAM PAXTON, iied. A. E. HANsimNN. 

